How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers.
How much can morality demand of well-off Westerners as a response to the plight of the poor and starving in the rest of the world? What does the answer tell us about the nature of morality? The cutting edge of this contemporary ethical debate is represented by eleven new essays from some of the world's leading moral philosophers.
ALAN CARTER is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow, UK ROWAN CRUFT is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Stirling, UK JOHN COTTINGHAM is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading, UK GARRETT CULLITY is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, Australia BRAD HOOKER is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading, UK JENNIE LOUISE is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Adelaide, Australia TIM MULGAN is Professor of Philosophy at the University of St Andrews, UK BARONESS ONORA O'NEILL is a cross-bench peer in the UK's House of Lords, President of the British Academy, and a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge, UK CHRISTINE SWANTON is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, New Zealand ALAN THOMAS is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Kent, UK
Inhaltsangabe
Notes on Contributors Introduction Demandingness and Arguments From Presupposition; G.Cullity What Do Basic Rights Demand?; R.Cruft Demandingness and Rules; O.O'Neill Impartial Benevolence and Partial Love; T.Chappell Demandingness, Moral Development and Moral Philosophy; J.Cottingham Virtue Ethics and the Problem of Demandingness; C.Swanton Consequentialism, Integrity and Demandingness; A.Thomas The Demandingness Objection; B.Hooker Is Utilitarian Morality Necessarily Too Demanding?; A.Carter Moral Demands and Not Doing the Best One Can; J.Louise The Demanding Future; T.Mulgan Bibliography Index
Notes on Contributors Introduction Demandingness and Arguments From Presupposition; G.Cullity What Do Basic Rights Demand?; R.Cruft Demandingness and Rules; O.O'Neill Impartial Benevolence and Partial Love; T.Chappell Demandingness, Moral Development and Moral Philosophy; J.Cottingham Virtue Ethics and the Problem of Demandingness; C.Swanton Consequentialism, Integrity and Demandingness; A.Thomas The Demandingness Objection; B.Hooker Is Utilitarian Morality Necessarily Too Demanding?; A.Carter Moral Demands and Not Doing the Best One Can; J.Louise The Demanding Future; T.Mulgan Bibliography Index
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